Interesting stat

[ghost2]

Miss. State 2015:

vs. Southern Miss - won the sack battle 3-1, won the game
vs. LSU - lost the sack battle 3-1, lost the game
vs. Northwestern State - won the sack battle 4-1, won the game
vs. Auburn - won the sack battle 4-1, won the game
vs. TAMU - lost the sack battle 2-1, lost the game
vs. Troy - won the sack battle 4-0, won the game
vs. La. Tech - tied the sack battle 2-2, won the game
vs. Kentucky - tied the sack battle 1-1, won the game
vs. Mizzou - won the sack battle 5-3, won the game
vs. Alabama - lost the sack battle 9-0 (yikes!) - lost the game
vs. Arkansas - lost the sack battle 2-0, lost the game
vs. Ole Miss - lost the sack battle 7-0, lost the game
vs. NC St. (bowl) - won the sack battle 5-1, won the game


Just FYI

 

[MessiahChild]

I wonder what the percentage is for Diaz specifically when his team wins the sack margin battle.

I'd like to know this as well.

It's the only thing that matters relative to that sort of stat.

At Miss State (Both Stints)

Win Margin: 10-0
Loss Margin: 3-7
Even Margin: 5-1

At La Tech

Win Margin: 7-1
Loss Margin: 2-1
Even Margin: 2-0

At Texas

Win Margin: 8-1
Loss Margin: 3-6
Even Margin: 1-1

At Middle Tenn

Win Margin: 23-5
Loss Margin: 3-12
Even Margin: 2-5

Cumulative Speaking:

Diaz wins about 87% of his games when he wins the sack margin.

Win Margin: 48-7
Loss Margin: 11-26
Even Margin: 10-7

 

[90scane]

I find that interesting though. Probably corresponds with the turnover margin.

Nope, 37% for turnover margin per
Turnover Margin vs. Winning Percentage - Football Study Hall

Not the same period of time (only four years of data) but overall well written.

 

[Gatorhater]

Sackman Sackman Sackman Sackman!
Coach Kool,Chad,and Quan Muhammad up to something.

I find that interesting though. Probably corresponds with the turnover margin.

Nothing more useful than a QB peeing on himself before each snap -- turnover is just one benefit huge as it is.

 

[Port Knox]

Are screens gonna be our Achilles heel?

They were even when we were winning...

True. Young LB's will be tested no doubt. I think their up to the challenge.

 

[DTP]

If you're sacking the qb you're probably winning in the trenches.

Not necessarily. There's teams who sell out on pass rush all the time and constantly give up huge yardage and point totals. I think the bigger key is getting pressure on the QB without having to bring extra blitzers.

 

[LuCane]

I wonder what the percentage is for Diaz specifically when his team wins the sack margin battle.

I'd be interested in seeing a stat of opponent's yards per play against Diaz's defense when his group sacked the QB below their average (or maybe 2 a game). Off the top of my head, some of the games I watched from his defense last year were tough. Then again, he had Miss State talent going against TAMU Oline, etc.

 

[UMFarArcher]

Are screens gonna be our Achilles heel?

They were even when we were winning...

They sure were.

We'd be in the backfield with ears laid back, and then on occasion we'd get burned with a screen or draw for big yards.

Just comes with the territory.

 

[kryptonite]

This makes it even harder to understand why Golden didn't put emphasis on his D-Linemen getting in the backfield.

Because Golden and D'Onofrio believed in the low risk, "bend, don't break" approach to defense - quite literally it was sit back, wait for the play, react and then make a tackle. Their only objective was to "never give up big plays" - a quote we heard many times from both of them. As it turns out, we didn't give up big plays - we gave up big drives that went 12-14 plays and took 8 minutes off the clock. Defense gets tired/frustrated and the crowd goes quiet.

It's hard for me to get flustered, but watching teams like Louisville, Cincinnati, Duke and GT march up-and-down the field on us at will with 5 yard plays was infuriating - they knew the conservative system we ran and used it against us.

That would have been painful enough, except that we gave up big plays too.

 

[LuCane]

This makes it even harder to understand why Golden didn't put emphasis on his D-Linemen getting in the backfield.

Because Golden and D'Onofrio believed in the low risk, "bend, don't break" approach to defense - quite literally it was sit back, wait for the play, react and then make a tackle. Their only objective was to "never give up big plays" - a quote we heard many times from both of them. As it turns out, we didn't give up big plays - we gave up big drives that went 12-14 plays and took 8 minutes off the clock. Defense gets tired/frustrated and the crowd goes quiet.

It's hard for me to get flustered, but watching teams like Louisville, Cincinnati, Duke and GT march up-and-down the field on us at will with 5 yard plays was infuriating - they knew the conservative system we ran and used it against us.

+1000

This actually speaks in favor of Diaz's approach. He's trying to win 1st down, potentially with negative offensive plays, and decrease conversion rates. He's not always successful because he really depends on the DL creating havoc. When his guys are outmanned, I watched some cringe-worthy gaps in his back zones. However, I prefer the approach of focusing on conversion rates.

Over the past 5 years, watching opponents comfortably convert 3rd downs was brutal. Multiple times I stormed out of my seat or wherever I was watching the game because I simply couldn't understand the approach. On the flipside, our offense couldn't convert 3rd downs. We were watching football in ****.

 

[5XNC]

Under golden, opposing teams offensive lines were the most rested group on the other team. They just had to stand there and hold jerseys with our dline as our dline watched rbs run by into the the lbs and safeties for huge gains. Or they were having a blast just knocking our guys 5 yards off the ball b/c our guys were already flat footed or already moving backwards.
What a joke this team was golden and d'nofrio.

 

[CanesAreAble]

Miss. State 2015:

vs. Southern Miss - won the sack battle 3-1, won the game
vs. LSU - lost the sack battle 3-1, lost the game
vs. Northwestern State - won the sack battle 4-1, won the game
vs. Auburn - won the sack battle 4-1, won the game
vs. TAMU - lost the sack battle 2-1, lost the game
vs. Troy - won the sack battle 4-0, won the game
vs. La. Tech - tied the sack battle 2-2, won the game
vs. Kentucky - tied the sack battle 1-1, won the game
vs. Mizzou - won the sack battle 5-3, won the game
vs. Alabama - lost the sack battle 9-0 (yikes!) - lost the game
vs. Arkansas - lost the sack battle 2-0, lost the game
vs. Ole Miss - lost the sack battle 7-0, lost the game
vs. NC St. (bowl) - won the sack battle 5-1, won the game


Just FYI

Didn't they beat Arkansas?

 

[5XNC]

Id rather get beat on a screen b/c our ends and dline are aggressively in the backfield than watch the last several years.

 

[CanesAreAble]

This makes it even harder to understand why Golden didn't put emphasis on his D-Linemen getting in the backfield.

Because Golden and D'Onofrio believed in the low risk, "bend, don't break" approach to defense - quite literally it was sit back, wait for the play, react and then make a tackle. Their only objective was to "never give up big plays" - a quote we heard many times from both of them. As it turns out, we didn't give up big plays - we gave up big drives that went 12-14 plays and took 8 minutes off the clock. Defense gets tired/frustrated and the crowd goes quiet.

It's hard for me to get flustered, but watching teams like Louisville, Cincinnati, Duke and GT march up-and-down the field on us at will with 5 yard plays was infuriating - they knew the conservative system we ran and used it against us.

+1000

This actually speaks in favor of Diaz's approach. He's trying to win 1st down, potentially with negative offensive plays, and decrease conversion rates. He's not always successful because he really depends on the DL creating havoc. When his guys are outmanned, I watched some cringe-worthy gaps in his back zones. However, I prefer the approach of focusing on conversion rates.

Over the past 5 years, watching opponents comfortably convert 3rd downs was brutal. Multiple times I stormed out of my seat or wherever I was watching the game because I simply couldn't understand the approach. On the flipside, our offense couldn't convert 3rd downs. We were watching football in ****.

Can you elaborate? Was this because he was blitzing to compensate for lack of DL pressure, and leaving big chunks? Zone concepts (i.e. spot-dropping vs. pattern-matching)?

I think Richt's success hinges on the defense. UGA was at its best under Richt when he had Brian Vangorder running the defense. Martinez and Grantham were meh hires that stayed too long. After BVG left, they never really had a suffocating defense. We saw flashes under Pruitt, but that was obviously near the end.

 

[Novacane32000]

UM won the Sack battle last year 26 to 19. We were so bad at everything else that it didnt make much of a difference.

 

[The Franchise]

I wonder what the percentage is for Diaz specifically when his team wins the sack margin battle.

I'd like to know this as well.

It's the only thing that matters relative to that sort of stat.

At Miss State (Both Stints)

Win Margin: 10-0
Loss Margin: 3-7
Even Margin: 5-1

At La Tech

Win Margin: 7-1
Loss Margin: 2-1
Even Margin: 2-0

At Texas

Win Margin: 8-1
Loss Margin: 3-6
Even Margin: 1-1

At Middle Tenn

Win Margin: 23-5
Loss Margin: 3-12
Even Margin: 2-5

Cumulative Speaking:

Diaz wins about 87% of his games when he wins the sack margin.

Win Margin: 48-7
Loss Margin: 11-26
Even Margin: 10-7

Thanks, man. That's awesome!

With the potential rabidity of the dogs we have upfront combined with Kool's genius in getting his DL to get after the QB this bodes very well for us.

 

[demcanes26]

I wonder what the percentage is for Diaz specifically when his team wins the sack margin battle.

I'd be interested in seeing a stat of opponent's yards per play against Diaz's defense when his group sacked the QB below their average (or maybe 2 a game). Off the top of my head, some of the games I watched from his defense last year were tough. Then again, he had Miss State talent going against TAMU Oline, etc.

I watched the Arkansas game last season, and I have watched the Texas A & M, Ole Miss and Alabama games since he has been hired. His best edge rusher was Jefferson, and he's 280 pounds. They couldn't get much pressure with the front 4 last season. He will have a better dline here. All you really need to know about Mississippi State last season is they had 30 sacks, and Miami had 26.

 

[demcanes26]

UM won the Sack battle last year 26 to 19. We were so bad at everything else that it didnt make much of a difference.

Yeah, but 10 of those sacks came against Bethune Cookman. We couldn't rush the passer last season.

 

[birdman9177]

Miss. State 2015:

vs. Southern Miss - won the sack battle 3-1, won the game
vs. LSU - lost the sack battle 3-1, lost the game
vs. Northwestern State - won the sack battle 4-1, won the game
vs. Auburn - won the sack battle 4-1, won the game
vs. TAMU - lost the sack battle 2-1, lost the game
vs. Troy - won the sack battle 4-0, won the game
vs. La. Tech - tied the sack battle 2-2, won the game
vs. Kentucky - tied the sack battle 1-1, won the game
vs. Mizzou - won the sack battle 5-3, won the game
vs. Alabama - lost the sack battle 9-0 (yikes!) - lost the game
vs. Arkansas - lost the sack battle 2-0, lost the game
vs. Ole Miss - lost the sack battle 7-0, lost the game
vs. NC St. (bowl) - won the sack battle 5-1, won the game


Just FYI

great stuff man!

 

[deleted4697]

"The team with the most McDonald's Cheeseburgers wins." -Al Golden

i believe that quote was be a mcdonald's hamburger because cheese is over rated.

A cheeseburger is a Hamburger that rose to the occasion